Wegman's creeps closer to North Carolina (Charlotte, Raleigh: for sale, buy, college)

[Third Strike]

Originally Posted by mjpayne44

So this is a Yankee chain grocery store? No thanks

Why?

[rubygreta]

Originally Posted by mjpayne44

So this is a Yankee chain grocery store? No thanks

Still fighting the civil are, 150 years later?

[Jowel]

I've never been to a Wegman's (and hadn't even heard of it until reading about it here on CD) but it seems to be one of those grocery stores that has a groupie kind of appeal, similar to Trader Joe's. I was talking to one of the cashiers at the Trader Joe's in Winston-Salem who said people will drive 2 hours from the mountains of NC and VA to come to that location. Based on all the accolades that I've read here on CD, I would suspect Wegman's would be similar.

I can actually see Richmond, Virginia being a candidate for Wegman's because, despite it's Southern history, it always feels like it's a gateway to the I-95 corridor of the Northeast (with proximity to DC and points north) more than it feels truly Southern. I'm guessing if Wegman's ever did come to NC, the Triangle would probably have the best likelihood of being a location because of so many transplants from the Northeast. Charlotte may be a close second. I agree with the comment about proximity to a distribution center being a deciding factor, though.

[Tarheelhombre]

Originally Posted by mjpayne44

So this is a Yankee chain grocery store? No thanks

What year are you living in? Who seriously talks like that in 2014.

[WaldoKitty]

Originally Posted by rubygreta

Still fighting the civil are, 150 years later?

How silly. It's because these stores stock little if any food that Southerners like. Regional chains tend to do poorly outside their region.

[apexgds]

Originally Posted by WaldoKitty

How silly. It's because these stores stock little if any food that Southerners like. Regional chains tend to do poorly outside their region.

They stock pretty much the same food you can get in Kroger, Harris Teeter, Food Lion, etc. and then some.

[theS5]

Originally Posted by WaldoKitty

How silly. It's because these stores stock little if any food that Southerners like. Regional chains tend to do poorly outside their region.

Do you mean things like bread, milk and eggs?

What is it that southerners eat that the rest of the country does not?

[theS5]

Originally Posted by mjpayne44

So this is a Yankee chain grocery store? No thanks

Yep, a Yankee grocery store. Next thing you know, they gonna tell us that we can't own no mo' darkies.
Better go git me my musket.

[RedZin]

Originally Posted by theS5

Yep, a Yankee grocery store. Next thing you know, they gonna tell us that we can't own no mo' darkies.
Better go git me my musket.

I don't think he was referring to the army. Just the location.

[WaldoKitty]

Originally Posted by apexgds

They stock pretty much the same food you can get in Kroger, Harris Teeter, Food Lion, etc.

Originally Posted by theS5

Do you mean things like bread, milk and eggs?

Then what is the point of Wegmans?